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WM. L. WILLIAMS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THOS. J.

OCONNOR, OF SAME PLACE. Y

MACHINE FOR BUNDLING KINDLING-WOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,790, dated November 27, 1860.

T o all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. WIL- LIAMS, of the city and State of vNewYork, have invented, made, and applied to use certain new and usefulImprovements in Machinery for Bundling Kindling-/Vood; and I do herebydeclare that the vfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description yofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 isa plan and Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing my improvements.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

My present invention relates to improvements in the various parts of amachine for bundling kindling wood, which are intended specially asadditions to Letters Patent granted to me under date of May 8th, 1860,and can be used conjointly with parts set forth therein, or may be usedseparately or with other machines for bundling kindling wood.

The kindling wood in its split form is loose, and openings occur in thesame at different places, rendering the mass in the trough of thesplitting machine unfit for making up directly into bundles, or somebundles would have more wood in them than others. For this reason a ringor box has been used for the wood to be packed into by hand, but if theattendant did not completely fill the same by the time the machineconveyed away said ring or box, the bundle was imperfect. To obviatethis difculty I make use of a wood conveyer A, formed with severalopenings into which the wood is packed by the attendants, and

said conveyer is moved intermittently to the delivery place. Severalboys can be employed in packing the wood into said openings in orderthat they may be thoroughly filled by the time they arrive successivelyto the place at which the wood is conveyed away to be compressed into abundle.

The wood conveyer A, may be moved by any suitable mechanism connectedwith the other parts of the machine; and B is a bed on which the lowerends of the pieces of kindling wood rest while the bed is moving.

c, is a slide of metal upon which the wood rests in the bundle that isready for delivery. This slide is pulled away from under the wood byhand or automatic machinery and the bundle or mass of wood drops down oris forced into the trough through which it is conveyed to be compressedinto a bundle by themeans hereafter set forth or any suitable mechanism.F or this purpose I make use of the semi circular ended slide c,actuated by hand or yotherwise that forwards the wood through the troughb to the bundling apparatus; (Z, is ,a roller which by its own weight orsprings or levers presses down the pieces of wood that may stand upabove the others.

In bundling kindling wood there are always pieces of bark and splintersof wood which accumulate and tend to obstruct the machine. I thereforeprovide an opening d', at the end of the raceway through which allpieces laying on the bot-tom of the trough are forced out, and in caseany piece of wood falls down it also is forced out through this openingand injury to the machine is prevented. The mass of wood as forced alongin a trough is apt not to form a good round bundle upon the sideopposite to that from which the wood moves, because said wood compressesand jams against this side instead of sliding along the same, hencenotches and segmental cavities are left in the bundle at this point. Toobviate this I make use of lan inclined side e, to the trough, at theend thereof, which as the wood is raised, tends to gather the same morecom* pactly.

7 is a plunger or follower in the bottom of the trough Z9, over whichthe wood is pressed by the slide c, and which in lifting up (as in mysaid patent of May 8th, 1860) carries the bundle of wood through thering opening 1, l, where it is t'o be pressed by slides such as in mysaid patent or other suitable means. This follower f may be raised byany suitable mechanism and has a shield plate 2, to prevent chipspassing down between the follower and the bottom of the trough; and incase too much wood is in the trough for one bundle I make use of theseparator g of a semi circular form and off and separates the surpluswood, but forms a guide for the wood as pressed up to form the bundle.rlhis separator or knife maybe moved by a cam or other mechanism or by ahand lever.

The wire with which the bundle is confined is twisted Ain the jaw z'.This jaw is formed in a twospart shaft, the lower part 3, being fittedto revolve in the standard la, while the upper part 4, has an endwayssliding mot-ion as well as the revolving. The operator lays the' wirearound the bundle passing the ends between the studs 5, 5, and turningthem off as seen by the red line Fig. 1. The part 4, is then slid alongand the lingers at the end thereof entering between and on each side ofthe studs 5, 5, hold the wire firmly while twisted by the revolution ofthe whole jaw; and the ends of the wires lift off the plates or studs 5,5, as the bundle is taken from the machine.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A wood carrier A, formed with several receptacles into which the woodis packed as set forth, and from which it is delivered to be compressedinto a bundle.

2. The slides a; and c, to deliver the wood into the trough and conveythe same to the compressing part of the machine as set forth.

3. The opening d', at the end of the trough for the purposes set forth.

4:. The inclined side e, at the end of the trough for the purposes andas specified.

5. The shield 2, attached to the follower f, for the purposes set forth.

6. The jaw z', formed and actingas set forth to receive hold and twistthe wire that surrounds the bundle as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this twenty firstday of September 1860.

W. L. WILLIAMS.

